SysGauge 1.5.18 SMTP Connection Verification memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in SysGauge 1.5.18. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SMTP Connection Verification. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-6416. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SysGauge 1.5.18. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component SMTP Connection Verification. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in SysGauge 1.5.18. A buffer overflow vulnerability in SMTP connection verification leads to arbitrary code execution. The attack vector is a crafted SMTP daemon that sends a long 220 (aka "Service ready") string.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2017. The weakness was shared 03/06/2017 by Peter Baris (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-6416 since 03/01/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (41479) and SecurityFocus (BID 96568†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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MetaSploit ID: sysgauge_client_bof.rb
MetaSploit Name: SysGauge SMTP Validation Buffer Overflow
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03/05/2017 +4 days 🔍
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09/04/2020 +1278 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Peter Baris
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-6416 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6416
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97549
SecurityFocus: 96568 - SysGauge CVE-2017-6416 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6416 - SysGauge - Buffer Overflow Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2017 11:28
Updated: 09/04/2020 09:33
Changes: 03/06/2017 11:28 (62), 09/04/2020 09:33 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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